Erinaceus aethiopicus Ehrenberg, 1832

[Hemprich, W.F. &] Ehrenberg, C.G. (1832) Symbolae Physicae seu Icones et Descriptiones corporum naturalium novorum aut minus cognitorum quae ex itineribus per Libyam Aegyptum Nubiam Dongalam Syriam Arabiam et Habessiniam... Pars Zoologica I. [Mammalia]. Berlin, ex Officina Academica, 1832 [1828–1832]: 2, sig. k, footnote [unpaginated].

Valid name: Paraechinus aethiopicus (Ehrenberg, 1832)

Holo- or Syntype: ZMB 731, sex indet., skull and skin, collected by Hemprich and Ehrenberg from Egypt, 1820–1823.

Comment: In the original description Ehrenberg provided no details on the number of specimens examined.